John Trapp on Proverbs 26:25
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Proverbs26:25
Verſ. 25. When he ſpeaketh fair, beleeve him not] [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Take heed whom you truſt, beware of men, Matth. 10.17. bleſſe your ſelves from your pretended friends, and pray with David to be delivered from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. Admit they not only ſpeak us fair,Pſal. 120.1. but doe us many kindneſſes, yet beleeve them, as little as David did Saul. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Soph. Virgil. Martial Enemies gifts are giftleſſe gifts, ſaid one Heathen. And — timeo Danaos & dena ferentes, ſaith another.
Munera magna quidem miſit, ſed miſit in hamo: Et piſcatorem piſcis amare poteſt?
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